March 2019 disgorgement. My final bottle from a trio I bought back in 2019. My sense is that this wine has finally opened all the way, expressing a roundness in the texture and how it hits my palate. My best descriptors for the aromatic would be a mix of smokiness, white pepper and bread. None of these are dominant but they mix well to make the aroma. The palate makes me think, too. Kind of a yellow apple meets a ripe pear. And the same smoky note from the bouquet seems as if it's infused into the core of the wine. The finish also brings in some (subtle but effective) lemony acidity, light caramel, apricot and a little brushing of malt. Cool wine, and would be a good one to toss into a blind format to get people thinking, guessing and expressing what they sense. Overall, I'd put this bottle on a 'ready to drink' list, to enjoy now....for an update, going through the rest of the bottle (opened yesterday) and the wine has added more of a saline and savory profile. Medium weight, even what I might call lithe when it warms up and the polish from yesterday returns. Maybe less fruit today in the wine, replaced by the soil and earth with no evidence of the caramel nor the malt. Quite an evolution and a cool, expressive, ethereal wine. Still think it's drinkable now but the balance and saline suggest this can keep going further than I thought.
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Great energy. berries and a saline underpinning. Enjoyed this though I’m not sure they’d hold up to the single plot crus in a side by side. Should do that experiment!
Tday 2021. One of the better btls
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-- popped and poured -- -- tasted non-blind over 2 to 3 hours -- -- 100% Pinot Noir -- -- 0 g/L dosage -- -- March 2019 disgorgement --
NOSE: "winey"; light apple; a light chalkiness; smells like it will be more rich than the other '14 Marguets I've had to date.
BODY: medium-light maize color; {forgot to note wine's weight}
TASTE: indeed, this is more rich than the other '14 Marguets I've had so far; little bit of skin contact character; not as much drive as the Le Parc from a couple days ago, and this Bouzy is more round, as well; although this is good, at $70, I'm not buying again. Probably my least-favorite Marguet so far.
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Same disgorgement as the bottle earlier this year....February 2019. 100% Pinot Noir, no dosage. Opened yesterday, stoppered to maintain the CO2. This drinks as good, perhaps even a touch better than the bottle from earlier this year. Approachable, yet not lacking the Marguet energy. Golden apple, zippy raspberry, lemon, mint and a powerful cut of saline/chalk through the wine. This is really good.
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Disgorged February 2019. 100% Pinot Noir. Zero dosage. This is a strong 2014 for Marguet, one of the more expressive bottlings, less lean than the others. The berry notes are showing a good depth, a black cherry quality. Lime, some chalk, even a little creaminess. Terrific.
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DG 05/2019 Recent disgorgement of this cuvée, but I was curious to try it. As expected it was quite austere, but very recognizably 'Marguet'. Strong sensation of red berry juiciness and a notable scent of wax in the glass with some unexpected gunpowder/smokiness and caramelized brown sugar. Some black tea with grapefruit; infusion-like. I also noticed a subtle lactic or yogurty note that always reminds me of Marguet's wines. On the finish it was perhaps a little tart with an excessive beer-like aftertaste. A little bit one-dimensional and textureless at this point. It certainly has enough acidity to keep it going for some years. I always find it pleasurable to try these 'crus'. 90pt
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12/3/2022 - soyhead wrote:
Very generous , wouldn’t guess this be zero dosage, good minerality, this is the kind of Pinot based champagne I can get behind
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11/1/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:
March 2019 disgorgement. My final bottle from a trio I bought back in 2019. My sense is that this wine has finally opened all the way, expressing a roundness in the texture and how it hits my palate. My best descriptors for the aromatic would be a mix of smokiness, white pepper and bread. None of these are dominant but they mix well to make the aroma. The palate makes me think, too. Kind of a yellow apple meets a ripe pear. And the same smoky note from the bouquet seems as if it's infused into the core of the wine. The finish also brings in some (subtle but effective) lemony acidity, light caramel, apricot and a little brushing of malt. Cool wine, and would be a good one to toss into a blind format to get people thinking, guessing and expressing what they sense. Overall, I'd put this bottle on a 'ready to drink' list, to enjoy now....for an update, going through the rest of the bottle (opened yesterday) and the wine has added more of a saline and savory profile. Medium weight, even what I might call lithe when it warms up and the polish from yesterday returns. Maybe less fruit today in the wine, replaced by the soil and earth with no evidence of the caramel nor the malt. Quite an evolution and a cool, expressive, ethereal wine. Still think it's drinkable now but the balance and saline suggest this can keep going further than I thought.
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2/26/2022 - tobyc Likes this wine: 92 Points
Discreet red berries, malty, coffee, toasty, campari. Smoky grilled elements, light roasted coffee. Excellent smooth mouthfeel, quite complex w. layers of structure. Great.
Keep or drink.
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11/26/2021 - R.H. Likes this wine:
Great energy. berries and a saline underpinning. Enjoyed this though I’m not sure they’d hold up to the single plot crus in a side by side. Should do that experiment!
Tday 2021. One of the better btls
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5/29/2021 - grafstrb wrote:
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over 2 to 3 hours --
-- 100% Pinot Noir --
-- 0 g/L dosage --
-- March 2019 disgorgement --
NOSE: "winey"; light apple; a light chalkiness; smells like it will be more rich than the other '14 Marguets I've had to date.
BODY: medium-light maize color; {forgot to note wine's weight}
TASTE: indeed, this is more rich than the other '14 Marguets I've had so far; little bit of skin contact character; not as much drive as the Le Parc from a couple days ago, and this Bouzy is more round, as well; although this is good, at $70, I'm not buying again. Probably my least-favorite Marguet so far.
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10/24/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Same disgorgement as the bottle earlier this year....February 2019. 100% Pinot Noir, no dosage. Opened yesterday, stoppered to maintain the CO2. This drinks as good, perhaps even a touch better than the bottle from earlier this year. Approachable, yet not lacking the Marguet energy. Golden apple, zippy raspberry, lemon, mint and a powerful cut of saline/chalk through the wine. This is really good.
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7/16/2020 - SeaSea Likes this wine:
Drank over 4 days. Last day the best.
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2/16/2020 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Disgorged February 2019. 100% Pinot Noir. Zero dosage. This is a strong 2014 for Marguet, one of the more expressive bottlings, less lean than the others. The berry notes are showing a good depth, a black cherry quality. Lime, some chalk, even a little creaminess. Terrific.
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1/3/2020 - julen789 Likes this wine: 90 Points
DG 05/2019
Recent disgorgement of this cuvée, but I was curious to try it. As expected it was quite austere, but very recognizably 'Marguet'. Strong sensation of red berry juiciness and a notable scent of wax in the glass with some unexpected gunpowder/smokiness and caramelized brown sugar. Some black tea with grapefruit; infusion-like. I also noticed a subtle lactic or yogurty note that always reminds me of Marguet's wines. On the finish it was perhaps a little tart with an excessive beer-like aftertaste. A little bit one-dimensional and textureless at this point. It certainly has enough acidity to keep it going for some years. I always find it pleasurable to try these 'crus'.
90pt
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